Arctic LCC 2012 RFP - Addressing Climate change in the Arctic

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 - - Science Applications Program, Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative is accepting proposals at this time with the intent to provide financial assistance awards in the following areas: Description The primary purpose of this federal assistance award is to support the recipient¿s program, goals, and objectives while addressing the conservation goals and high priority information and management needs identified by the Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative as being most important in addressing national and international resource planning in the arctic under rapidly changing climate conditions. The objective of this request is to address knowledge and information gaps identified by the six Arctic LCC Technical Working Groups and the Steering Committee. Products of projects addressing the project themes set forth below will benefit researchers, land managers, and the general public by making needed information easily accessible via the internet for use in ongoing and future research, management, planning, and other applications. The specific objectives of this RFP are to: 1. Develop (but not implement) interdisciplinary study plans integrating across one or more watersheds in the Alaska portion of the ALCC (up to three awards). 2. Generate improved permafrost baseline information for the Alaska portion of the Arctic LCC (one award) 3. Conduct a feasibility study for thermokarst monitoring at the landscape level (one award) Projects can be funded for up to five years under the proposed scope of work and initial budget. There is no guarantee of receiving additional funding in future years. Additional work beyond what is originally proposed must undergo a competitive awards process in the future. Additional details regarding proposal expectations and requirements are available at the grants tab at www.arcticlcc.org. Applicants can also download a template for theme-specific project proposals at this site. Benefits to Recipients: ¿ Recipients will receive funding to conduct the work that is proposed; ¿ Recipients may be eligible to implement additional work that derives from study plans that they prepare, although the recipient will have to participate in a future competitive selection process to obtain additional funds for implementing the studies for which they develop plans; ¿ Recipients will have the opportunity to expeditiously publish the results of their efforts in peer-reviewed journals or other media, in keeping with the Arctic LCC Data Sharing Policy at http://arcticlcc.org/about/policy/ . For additional information please contact: Gregory R. Balogh, Arctic LCC Coordinator Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office 1011 E. Tudor Road, MS 281 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Phone (907) 786-3605 Fax (907) 786-3592 E-mail: Greg_balogh@fws.gov Or Philip Martin, Arctic LCC Science Coordinator Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Fairbanks Field Office 101 12th Ave. Room 110 Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 Phone: (907) 456-0325 Fax: (907) 456-0208 E-mail: Philip_martin@fws.gov